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2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by avgDev »

gdhkgdhkvff wrote: post #8
ChrisRR wrote: post #5

Meh, as usual this survey gives completely skewed view of the industry by being dominated by students and junior devs.

Only ~14% of respondents had 10 years dev experience. One thing I did find funny though was this survey found that devs overwhelmingly visit stackoverflow aka the site that puts the survey out found that so many people that use the site, use the site.

I found that odd.

Since I started using ChatGPT, I rarely visit stack. If I need some code ChatGPT will tailor it to my example and I can get up and running quickly to figure out how it works.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by biggestfan »

"49,000+" makes this the least responses the survey has gotten since 2016 ("over fifty thousand"), every year in between has been in the 65-100k range. Seems as though enthusiasm around SO has diminished significantly over the past year.

My guess is that pro-AI devs have abandoned the site, and anti-AI devs are upset with their collaboration with AI companies.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by lenerdenator »

biggestfan wrote: post #12

"49,000+" makes this the least responses the survey has gotten since 2016 ("over fifty thousand"), every year in between has been in the 65-100k range. Seems as though enthusiasm around SO has diminished significantly over the past year. My guess is that pro-AI devs have abandoned the site, and anti-AI devs are upset with their collaboration with AI companies.

GitHub Copilot and Cline are significantly less condescending.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by coldpie »

chistev wrote: post #4

How is it that Windows always dominate these Stack Overflow developer surveys, but people talk like Mac is the one that's ubiquitous among devs? And I hate these big accept cookies pop ups or whatever they are called that impede use of a website unless you accept. I couldn't find an option to reject all cookies.

uBlock Origin has a Cookie Notices filter which blocks those. NoScript worked for this one, too.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by lenerdenator »

chistev wrote: post #4

How is it that Windows always dominate these Stack Overflow developer surveys, but people talk like Mac is the one that's ubiquitous among devs? And I hate these big accept cookies pop ups or whatever they are called that impede use of a website unless you accept. I couldn't find an option to reject all cookies.

The "sexy" development stuff (FOSS web frameworks, LLMs, etc.) have a habit of happening on Macs.

Not all of it, mind.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

#16

Post by pelagicAustral »

biggestfan wrote: post #12

"49,000+" makes this the least responses the survey has gotten since 2016 ("over fifty thousand"), every year in between has been in the 65-100k range. Seems as though enthusiasm around SO has diminished significantly over the past year. My guess is that pro-AI devs have abandoned the site, and anti-AI devs are upset with their collaboration with AI companies.

This is the first year I didn't care to participate, but I've been away from SO for about 4 years now.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

#17

Post by hu3 »

biggestfan wrote: post #12

"49,000+" makes this the least responses the survey has gotten since 2016 ("over fifty thousand"), every year in between has been in the 65-100k range. Seems as though enthusiasm around SO has diminished significantly over the past year. My guess is that pro-AI devs have abandoned the site, and anti-AI devs are upset with their collaboration with AI companies.

I can repeat the same question to AI all day and it is happy to help me.

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by bluefirebrand »

gdhkgdhkvff wrote: post #8
ChrisRR wrote: post #5

Meh, as usual this survey gives completely skewed view of the industry by being dominated by students and junior devs.

Only ~14% of respondents had 10 years dev experience. One thing I did find funny though was this survey found that devs overwhelmingly visit stackoverflow aka the site that puts the survey out found that so many people that use the site, use the site.

> And 55% were >10 years dev experience

This doesn't mean they aren't Juniors though

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by ChrisRR »

gdhkgdhkvff wrote: post #8
ChrisRR wrote: post #5

Meh, as usual this survey gives completely skewed view of the industry by being dominated by students and junior devs.

Only ~14% of respondents had 10 years dev experience. One thing I did find funny though was this survey found that devs overwhelmingly visit stackoverflow aka the site that puts the survey out found that so many people that use the site, use the site.

That's 24.8% of respondents have been programming for less than 5 years

Re: 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Post by darth_avocado »

armchairhacker wrote: post #9

Some comparisons: Job satisfaction (happy/complacent/unhappy): - 2025: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/work#5-job-satisfaction (24.5/47.1/28.4) - 2024: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/professional-developers... (20.2/47.7/32.1) - ... - 2015: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2015#work-satisfaction (36/51.4/11.6, complacent includes "somewhat" and "so-so") Work environment (remote/hybrid/in-person): - 2025: ht…

Did the people satisfied with their jobs increase because the unsatisfied ones are no longer employed?
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